Most programs are compiled as

g++ main.cpp -o [executable]

and executed with

./[executable]

or by running

make

to generate the object files and executable.

ref-makefile is a reference makefile that is usually copied in some form to each sandboxed directory.

Book Series:

Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example
Andrew Koenig and Barbara E. Moo
ISBN 0-201-70353-X